1、国家公共英语（五级）笔试模拟试卷 100及答案与解析 Part A Directions: You will hear a talk. As you listen, answer Questions 1-10 by circling TRUE or FALSE. You will hear the talk ONLY ONCE. You now have 1 minute to read Questions 1-10. 1 Though Paul is disabled, he managed to move around in the house. （ A） True （ B） Fasle
2、2 Mr. Miller enjoys doing things with his own hands. （ A） True （ B） Fasle 3 The front door to his home does not open automatically. （ A） True （ B） Fasle 4 Mr. Miller bought his house simply because the flat he used to live in was too expensive. （ A） True （ B） Fasle 5 Government buildings often have
3、special paths for those people handicapped. （ A） True （ B） Fasle 6 Paul could reach all the switches because they were originally installed at the right height of him. （ A） True （ B） Fasle 7 Do-it-Yourself has become one of Mr. Millers hobbies. （ A） True （ B） Fasle 8 Mr. Miller had known a lot about
4、 carpentry and electric wiring before he was engaged in do-it-yourself. （ A） True （ B） Fasle 9 Mr. Miller did changes on the house only for fun. （ A） True （ B） Fasle 10 Mr. Miller will buy a new house with the money he has won. （ A） True （ B） Fasle Part B Directions: You will hear 3 conversations or
5、 talks and you must answer the questions by choosing A, B, C or D. You will hear the recording ONLY ONCE. 11 When a consumer finds that his purchase has a fault in it, what is the first thing he should do? （ A） Complain personally to the manager. （ B） Threaten to take the matter to court. （ C） Write
6、 a firm letter of complaint to the store of purchase. （ D） Show some written proof of the purchase to the store. 12 If a consumer wants a quick settlement of the problem, whom is it better to complain to? （ A） A shop assistant. （ B） The store manager. （ C） The manufacturer. （ D） A public organizatio
7、n. 13 How can the most effective complaint be made? （ A） Showing the fault item to the manager. （ B） Explaining exactly what is wrong with the item. （ C） Saying firmly that the item is of poor quality. （ D） Asking politely to change the item. 14 When was the American Football Association founded? （
8、A） In 1913. （ B） In 1930. （ C） In 1914. （ D） In 1917. 15 Which of the following records of the US football team is true? （ A） First place in the 3rd world Cup. （ B） Second place in the 4th World Cup. （ C） Third place in the 1st World Cup. （ D） Fourth place in the 2nd World Cup. 16 Where was the fina
9、ls of the World Cup in 1994 held? （ A） In England. （ B） In the USA. （ C） In Mexico. （ D） In France. 17 According to the woman, why women are much better at dealing with more than one thing at a time? （ A） She doesnt know the reason exactly. （ B） Because women are smarter than men. （ C） Because women
10、 have more things to deal with than men. （ D） Because men always refuse to deal with more than one thing at the same time. 18 According to the woman, why are women much better at dealing with more than one thing at a time, but men are not as good? （ A） Because women have better abilities. （ B） Becau
11、se men are not used to housework. （ C） Because men lack practice. （ D） Because men find it easy to concentrate on only one thing. 19 What do we know about the difference between men and women in terms of personal relationships? （ A） It is easier for women to make friends among women. （ B） Women tend
12、 to reveal their feelings more easily. （ C） Personal relationships are more central to most mens lives. （ D） Its easier to establish personal relationships with women than with men. 20 Why does the woman refer to football? （ A） To illustrate mens interest. （ B） To illustrate that men usually do not
13、touch upon anything important in talking about their work and interest. （ C） To prove men are mostly football fans. （ D） To show that men intentionally try to avoid talking about their true feelings. Part C Directions: You will hear a talk. As you listen, answer the questions or complete the notes i
14、n your test booklet for Questions 21-30 by writing NOT MORE THAN THREE words in the space provided on the right. You will hear the talk TWICE. You now have 1 minute to read Questions 21-30. 21 Where was the letter probably placed many years ago? 22 What was there under a rock once at the southern tr
15、ip of Africa? 23 How long did the journey take from England to India in the old days? 24 Where could the boats find the letters at Cape Horn? 25 What was marked on each box inside the tree in Washington? 26 Who did the people usually give letters to after the English colonists just arrived at Americ
16、a? 27 Where was the mail at a plantation passed on to me? 28 How long did it take for a letter sent by a post rider to reach the addressee between New York and Boston? 29 What did Franklin set up between the northern and southern colonies? 30 What was used to carry most mail after the colonies becam
17、e a nation? 一、 Section II Use of English (15 minutes) Directions: Read the following text and fill each of the numbered spaces with ONE suitable word. Write your answers on ANSWER SHEET 1. 30 Children who grip their pens too close to the writing point are likely to be at a disadvantage in examinatio
18、ns, 【 31】 _to the first serious investigation into the way in which writing technique can dramatically affect educational achievement. The survey of 643 children and adults, ranking from pre-school to 40-plus, also suggests【 32】 _ pen-holding techniques have deteriorated sharply over one generation,
19、 with teachers now paying far【 33】 _attention to correct pen grip and handwriting style. Stephanie Thomas, a learning support teacher【 34】 _ findings have been published, was inspired to investigate this area【 35】 _he noticed that those students who had the most trouble with spelling【 36】 _had a poo
20、r pen grip. While Mr. Thomas could not establish a significant statistical link【 37】 _pen-holding style and accuracy in spelling, he【 38】 _find huge differences in technique between the young children and the mature adults, and a definite【 39】 _between near-point gripping and slow, illegible writing
21、. People who【 40】 _their pens at the writing point also show other characteristics【 41】 _inhibit learning, 【 42】 _as poor posture, leaning too【 43】_to the desk, using four fingers to grip the pen【 44】 _than three, and clumsy positioning of the thumb(which can obscure【 45】 _is being written). Mr. Tho
22、mas believes that the【 46】 _between elder and younger writers is【 47】 _too dramatic to be accounted for simply by the possibility that people get better at writing as they grow【 48】 _. He attributes it to a failure to teach the most effective methods, pointing out that the differences between【 49】 _
23、groups coincides with the abandonment of formal handwriting instruction in classrooms in the sixties. “The 30-year-old showed a huge diversity of grips, 【 50】 _the over 40s group all had a uniform tripod grip. “ Part A Directions: Read the following texts and answer the questions which accompany the
24、m by choosing A, B, C or D. Mark your answers on ANSWER SHEET 1. 50 Opinion polls are now beginning to show that, whoever is to blame and whatever happens from now on, high unemployment is probably here to stay. This means we shall have to make ways of sharing the available employment more widely. B
25、ut we need to go further. We must ask some primary questions about the future of work. Would we continue to treat employment as the norm? Would we not rather encourage many other ways for self-respecting people to work? Should we not create conditions in which many of us can work for ourselves, rath
26、er than for an employer? Should we not aim to revive the household and the neighborhood, as well as the factory and the office, as centers of production and work? The industrial age has been the only period of human history in which most peoples work has taken the form of jobs. The industrial age ma
27、y now be coming to an end, and some of the changes in work patterns which it brought may have to be reversed. This seems a daunting thought. But, in fact, it could provide the prospect of a better future for work. Universal employment, as its history shows, has not meant economic freedom. Employment
28、 became widespread when the enclosures of the 17th and 18th centuries made many people dependent on paid work by depriving them of the use of the land, and thus of the means to provide a living for themselves. Then the factory system destroyed the cottage industries and removed work from peoples hom
29、es. Later, as transportation improved, first by rail and then by road, people commuted longer distances to their places of employment until, eventually, many peoples work lost all connection with their home lives and the place in which they lived. Meanwhile, employment put women at a disadvantage. I
30、n pre-industrial time, men and women had shared the productive work of the household and village community. Now it became customary for the husband to go out to paid employment .leaving the unpaid work of the home and family to his wife. Tax and benefit regulations still assume this norm today and r
31、estrict more flexible sharing of work roles between the sexes. It was not only women whose work status suffered. As employment became the dominant form of work, young people and old people were excluded a problem now, as more teenagers become frustrated at school and more retired people want to live
32、 active lives. All this may now have to change. The time has certainly come to switch some effort and resources away from the idealist goal of creating jobs for all, to the urgent practical task of helping many people to manage without full time jobs. 51 Research carried out in the recent opinion po
33、lls shows that_. （ A） available employment should be restricted to a small percentage of the population （ B） new jobs must be created in order to rectify high unemployment figures （ C） available employment must be more widely distributed among the unemployed （ D） the nowaday high unemployment figure
34、s are a truth of life 52 The arrival of the industrial age in our historical evolution meant that_. （ A） universal employment virtually guaranteed prosperity （ B） economic freedom came within everyones control （ C） patterns of work were fundamentally changed （ D） peoples attitudes to work had to be
35、reversed 53 The enclosures of the 17th and 18th centuries meant that_. （ A） people were no longer legally entitled to own land （ B） people were driven to look elsewhere for means of supporting themselves （ C） people were not adequately compensated for the loss of their land （ D） people were badly pa
36、id for the work they managed to find 54 The effects of almost universal employment were overwhelming in that_. （ A） the household and village community disappeared completely （ B） men now travelled enormous distances to their places of work （ C） young and old people became superfluous components of
37、society （ D） the work status of those not in paid employment suffered 55 The article concludes that_. （ A） the creation of jobs for all is an impossibility （ B） our efforts and resources in terms of tackling unemployment are insufficient （ C） people should begin supporting themselves by learning a p
38、ractical skill （ D） we should help those whose jobs are only part-time 55 Throughout history there have been many unusual taxes levied on such things as hats, beds, baths, marriages, and funerals. At one time England levied a tax on sunlight by collection from every household with six or more window
39、s. And according to legend, there was a Turkish ruler who collected a tax each time he dined with one of his subjects. Why? To pay for the wear and tear on his teeth! Different kinds of taxes help to spread the tax burden. Anyone who pays a tax is said to “bear the burden “of the tax. The burden of
40、a tax may fall more heavily on some persons than on others. That is why the three levels of government in this country use several kinds of taxes. This spreads the burden of taxes among more people. From the standpoint of their use, the most important taxes are income taxes, property taxes, sales ta
41、xes, and estate, inheritance, and gift taxes. Some are used by only one level of government; others by two or even all three levels. Together these different taxes make up what is called our tax system. Income taxes are the main source of federal revenues. The federal government gets more than three
42、-fourths of its revenue from income taxes. As its name indicated, an income tax is a tax on earnings. Both individuals and business corporations pay a federal income tax. The oldest tax in the United States today is the property tax. It provides most of the income for local governments. It provides
43、at least a part of the income for all but a few states. It is not used by the federal government. A sales tax is a tan levied on purchases. Most people living in die United States know about sales taxes since they are used in all but four states. Actually there are several kinds of sales taxes, but
44、only three of them are important. They are general sales taxes, excise taxes, and import taxes. Other three closely related taxes are estate, inheritance, and gift taxes. Everything a person owns, including both real and personal property, makes up his or her estate. When someone dies, ownership of
45、his or her property or estate passes on to one or more individuals or organizations. Before the property is transferred, however, it is subject to an estate tax if its value exceeds a certain amount. 56 The reason that the Turkish ruler collected a dining tax is to pay for_. （ A） the inconvenience f
46、or him to put on and take off clothes （ B） the damage that eating did to his teeth （ C） his efforts to cut the food into pieces （ D） the decay of his teeth because of sugar 57 The government levies different kinds of taxes so that_. （ A） the rich have to pay more and the poor less （ B） a wider range
47、 of taxpayers can be included （ C） each of three levels of government could get tax money （ D） the burden of taxes falls evenly on everybody 58 The federal government gets most of their income from_. （ A） property ax （ B） income tax （ C） sales tax （ D） estate tax 59 How many stales levy import taxes
48、 in the U. S. A. ? （ A） 4. （ B） 50. （ C） 46. （ D） 54. 60 Which of the following statements is NOT true? （ A） Any form of property is subject to an estate tax when transferred. （ B） Property tax provides a part of income for local government. （ C） There are a few kinds of sales taxes. （ D） Individual
49、s and corporations both pay income taxes. 60 World leaders met recently at United Nations headquarters in New York City to discuss the environmental issues raised at the Rio Earth Summit in 1992. The heads of state were supposed to decide what further steps should be taken to halt the decline of Earths life-support systems. In fact, this meeting had much die flavour of the original Earth Summit. To wit: empty promises, hollow rhetori
